December 23, 2022

The Honorable Joseph Biden President of the United States The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500

The Honorable Charles Schumer Majority Leader
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House
United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader
United States Senate Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
Minority Leader
United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

Senate Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker

Dear President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Pelosi, and House Minority Leader McCarthy:

After almost two years of painstaking work and nine public hearings, the bipartisan House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol recently released its final report. This report contains findings, conclusions, and recommendations informed by over 140,000 documents and over 1000 interviews and depositions. The report represents the considered judgment not only of the bipartisan Select Committee members, but also of the nonpartisan staff—including career investigators and national security experts—whose work supported the Select Committee.

The Select Committee’s work revealed serious evidence of criminal behavior, and investigations are rightly proceeding on the federal, state, and local level. But what we have learned about the events of January 6, 2021, also requires us collectively to do everything possible to address the ongoing threat to our democracy. We must work to ensure that any future attempt to thwart the will of the voters and to prevent the peaceful transfer of power will be unsuccessful. And this work to safeguard American democracy must be informed by the Select Committee’s findings.

We, the undersigned organizations, request that Congress and the Executive Branch consider the Select Committee’s report carefully and take up its recommendations without delay.

Sincerely,

UNDERSIGNED ORGANIZATIONS:

Accountable.US

American Constitution Society

Bridging Divides Initiative

Broward for Progress

Campaign Legal Center

Center for American Progress

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)

Common Cause

Constitutional Accountability Center

Defend Democracy Project

DemCast USA

Democratic Messaging Project

Fix Democracy First

Government Accountability Project

Indivisible

Issue One

Lawyers Defending American Democracy

MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)

MoveOn

NAACP

Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)

NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

People For the American Way

Project On Government Oversight (POGO)

Protect Democracy

Public Citizen

Sierra Club

Southern Poverty Law Center

Stand Up America

The Workers Circle

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Young Women for US

20/20 Vision DC